2024 the best of me novel review

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

“Tell Me Everything hits like a bucolic fable. . . . A novel of moods, how they govern our personal lives and public spaces, reflected in Strout’s shimmering technique.”—The Washington Post

With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?”

It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known—“unrecorded lives,” Olive calls them—reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.

Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CRV8HXJX
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House (September 10, 2024)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1171 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 327 pages
Reviewer: Leeny
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Real Sleeper!
Review: There was so much to love about this book…I felt validated in so many different ways. I found the first few pages hum -drum and wondered why it had won a Pulitzer Prize..but that feeling soon evaporated. The character analyses were stellar…especially the three main characters: Bob, Lucy and Olive. The subtle wisdom impacted in this book is priceless. Relationships are complicated..all relationships have so many twists and turns. I especially loved how the author handled the dialogue and the personal worries/ thoughts each character emoted. The simplicity of the dialogue betrayed the sophistication contained therein. One last observation that pervades this novel: Our childhood experiences resonate in us forever and shape what we think of ourselves …and how we see the world The Biology of Belief and Determined are two books that I would recommend in order to understand ourselves and this novel.

Reviewer: Michel Walsh
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: “We all suffer”
Review: Like Ms. Strouts other books this does not disappoint. It’s a book of great feeling and sensitivity. I was caught immediately in its depth and many stories. It’s fun to hear about all her characters from past books.

Reviewer: Reader
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So real and beautiful
Review: I just loved this book so much.It is beautifully written, and immediately draws you into the lives of the characters of Crosby, Maine.Everyday people….living and struggling but showing that in every struggle there is always hope, beauty and blessings.It is a reminder that while life may not always turn out as expected, it is still worth living.Unlike Elizabeth Strout, I am not a gifted writer, so I will finish my review here, but will end by saying, this book will stay with you for days.In this polarizing and often bewildering world we are living in, the people of Crosby will serve to remind you that life, with all of its heartbreaking ups and downs is always worth living.Gift yourself with this book.

Reviewer: Digital Rights
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Feels like the last season of a great TV show
Review: Elizabeth Strout brings her best known and loved characters together in what I assume is one last hurrah. Olive is now 90. Bob Burgess and Lucy Barton are in the 60's. It's post pandemic Maine. As I have read all her previous novels this book feels like that last season of a loved tv show. It doesn't disappoint and is quite satisfying. Strout doesn't shy away from the challenges of modern life nor is she overly romantic. There is nostalgia for those who've read the previous works and new engaging plot lines and wonderful dialogue.. I had a kind've a wistful yearning when perhaps we are all younger and yet all these characters are so alive and LIVING. It's wonderful story. Her style of writing is completely her own but not redundant. Just lovely. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Reviewer: Anna
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Olive Moments Were Good
Review: Olive Kitteridge and Olive Again are two of my favorite contemporary novels of all time, so I was really looking forward to this book. The Olive moments didn't disappoint - she's just as salty and inwardly caring as always. The character is Lucy is well-drawn as well - she's dreamy and full of love of all people and the world, yet prickly when poked. I also liked the character of Bob, whose thoughts on his bad haircut reminded me of the sweetly humorous insightful character studies of Anne Tyler. However, the story, unlike the stories within the story, dragged along for some reason. It was difficult to care about the woman who got murdered or the back story of her family, for some reason. I know that the story needed some sort of plot, but I'm not sure a murder mystery was a good fit to the character development within the story. I kept skipping ahead to the places where Olive and Lucy meet up and had hoped that there was more here. I also wished to know more about Margaret and Bob's relationship and Margaret herself, how she became a pastor, for example. This book will still find its place on my shelf with the Olive books, but it was not as satisfying of a read by a long shot.

Reviewer: prisrob
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love Is Love
Review: We meet many of the author’s, Elizabeth Strout, family in this book. I call them family even though they are not related to Elizabeth. But, they are figments of Strout’s imagination. They all have great qualities, and the ones we read the most, Olive, Lucy and Bob reveal their true selves.What is the point of life? The characters ask, What is the point of life, of this story? Read along and you will make your own decisions. Men, women, hate, sex, love, and every emotion is here. There are many stories, and they do, indeed, have much to tell us. As usual Strout gives us a remarkable book. I am in my 80’s and have read thousands of books, I am a constant reader. Elizabeth Strout is my favorite author. She grabs me and pulls me in. I am in mourning when I have finished her latest book. Each book is stand alone, but you would be wise to start with her first book and work your way through to garner the most info about the characters. I envy you. . You will not meet another author like Elizabeth Strout.Recommended Highly.prisrob 09-19-2924

Reviewer: Eydie Lou
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Another wonderful story by Elizabeth Strout!
Review: Her characters are so vivid. She writes about the little things that make up each character and shows how they interpret their lives and relationships. Very rewarding read.

Reviewer: Fokimon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Wow, I do love this writer and this latest is like a greatest hits compilation. All her beloved characters, Olive, Lucy and Bob plus a host of other small but important lives, all beautifully drawn andwritten. Bravo!

Reviewer: Mridul Gharia
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Blair
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve been on a journey with Elizabeth Stroud since her original Olive book and I have loved each one. Something about the slow, easy style and the very humanist of all of the characters is just so compelling. I feel like I’ve watched so many of her characters grow old and live through so many ups and downs. As Bob says… it’s just Life. That’s all it is, just life.

Reviewer: countrygirl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve enjoyed all Elizabeth Strout’s novels but this is the most engaging. Every character is treated with empathy and a generosity that does not flinch from recognising failure and selfishness. The love that can heal the terrible sadnesses of life is celebrated without preaching or worthiness.

Reviewer: Ian B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: We are all humans and we are messy but somehow we bumble along and if we are lucky we don't screw up too badly. Elizabeth Stroud has a lot of depth, I don't know where she gets this stuff but it's good. Well worth reading.